Acle Academy
Academy converter · 709 pupils
90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.9
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The Harleston Sancroft Academy (a 3-16 Church of England School)
- Pupils on roll
- 824of 973 places
- Free school meals
- 24.1%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 91
- Ofsted
- Inspected, 24 June 2025Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registrations: Archbishop Sancroft High School (A Church of England Academy) (URN 146059, until 31 August 2022); Harleston CofE Primary Academy (URN 146064, until 31 August 2022).
What the data says
The Harleston Sancroft Academy (a 3-16 Church of England School) has no sixth form. Of the 94 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 5% moved to a sixth form college, 48% to a further education college and 5% started an apprenticeship.
Fine Art is unusually popular at GCSE: 33% of the year group took it, against 9% of pupils across England.
10% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 42.7 against 46.1 across England and 45.2 in Norfolk, with 30% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Norfolk and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | This school | Norfolk | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 94 | 8,553 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 87% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 80% | 85% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 26% | 33% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 5% | 7% | 13% |
| — further education college | 48% | 43% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 5% | 4% | 3% |
| Employment | 2% | 4% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 10% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 3% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | This school | Norfolk | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 42.7 | 45.2 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 30% | 45% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 64% | 65% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 20% | 43% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.56 | 4.05 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 25% | 25% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 30.7 | 34.1 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 46.8 | 48.8 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 3% | 12% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 87 | 96% | 89% | 10% | 20% | 76% |
| Mathematics | 87 | 96% | 88% | 9% | 22% | 70% |
| Combined Science | 86 | 95% | 65% | 7% | 9% | 64% |
| English Literature | 84 | 92% | 86% | 18% | 21% | 76% |
| Religious Studies | 84 | 92% | 31% | 11% | 32% | 68% |
| Geography | 40 | 44% | 41% | 10% | 25% | 80% |
| History | 31 | 34% | 41% | 16% | 26% | 84% |
| Fine Art | 30 | 33% | 9% | 13% | 28% | 87% |
| German | 17 | 19% | 5% | 0% | 33% | 18% |
| Computer Science | 8 | 9% | 13% | 13% | 30% | 75% |
| French | 7 | 8% | 18% | 14% | 29% | 71% |
| Drama | 5 | 5% | 7% | — | 27% | — |
| Music | 3 | 3% | 5% | — | 33% | — |
| Physics | 1 | 1% | 23% | — | 46% | — |
| Chemistry | 1 | 1% | 23% | — | 47% | — |
| Biology | 1 | 1% | 23% | — | 45% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 32 | — | — |
| Personal Health | 25 | — | — |
| Engineering Studies | 17 | — | — |
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Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.